Cherokee, KS 66724 Frost Dates
Cherokee, KS: when does the frost end?
Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 203 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cherokee in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Cherokee's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/07 isn't a guarantee
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cherokee against the rest of the dataset
Cherokee's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 17,012 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 65 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 66724's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Cherokee can differ from the 66724 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Cherokee's frost date answer different questions.